I made this trivet in a course entitled "Get it Together" which was taught by Dale Morse at the John C. Campell School. The objective of the course was to practice forge welding, the making of tenons, riveting, as well as the making collars. Dale Morse is an accomplished blacksmith who owns and operates the Clay Hill Forge in Charlottesville, VA. He received some of his training in Germany and some of his work is featured in the book Lives Shaped by Steelby Nancy Zastrow. He gave us a choice of an architectural piece or a trivet. I chose the trivet. Dale designed it so that it has 8 welds and 6 tenons, three of them made off a lap weld. You may notice the glass beads in the legs. My wife took a glass bead making course and we decided to combine our efforts, so she made me a couple of beads. My wife and I had a wonderful time at the Folk School and highly recommend it.